Happy Birthday

Hi Stampers, I know todays card is using some retired items, but sometimes those stamps or embellishment items are something that you still want to use. My card today is for my aunt that just turned 80 and her family is surprising her with a card shower. I think she will like this card and the colors are just vibrant. […]

Layering Love

Hi Stampers, I apologize for being gone for a few days, we had a death in the immediate family. Todays card is just plain fun, love the colors, love the stamp set and easy to put together! My card base is using the new Dapper Denim cardstock 8 x 5 1/2″, with a piece of Emerald Envy cut at 5 […]

Crazy About You

The Crazy About You stamp set is a great stamp set for beginner stampers, it has a lot of choices for the sentiment in one set. You can stamp the flower and make your own sentiment saying. In my first card I used Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango inks, with the Pear Pizzazz cardstock as my base and […]

Gift Bag

Today’s gift bag and card are made with the new Playful Palette designer series paper. This paper has so much going on with it that you do not need to add anything to it. The vibrant colors just seem to pop out at you. For the gift bag I used the 6×6 sheet of DSP. Score 1 3/4″ on 3 […]

Paper Pumpkin

Now is the day if you ever thought about giving Paper Pumpkin a try, Its only $5.00 for the month of June for first time subscribers and it is only available from July 9 at 5PM MT to Friday, July 10 at 11:50PM MT. After this time the Paper Pumpkin goes back to the original price of $19.95 per month. […]

bridal thank you

Today’s card I made to be used as a Thank-you for a Bridal Shower, Very elegant with the gold paper, and gold embossing. I used soft suede for my card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, the whisper white is 5 1/4 x 3 3/4″, and then I cut a piece of gold 1″ x 3 3/4″ and then cut […]

Card for a Bridal Shower

Love is Blooming over the next few months, my daughter has several bridal showers and weddings to attend. so there is going to be a rash of cards to fit those events. My card today is done is Blushing bride and soft suede. I used a piece of the Love Blossoms designer series paper and the Bloomin hearts thinlets die […]

Flower boxes

Hi Stampers, At my Monday night workshop I did something different with my ladies and taught them how to make these gift boxes. They work great for gift cards, chocolates or just put money in them, use them for birthdays, bridal or baby showers, etc. They are quick and simple and you can use up those scraps of DSP paper […]

Just Because

I made today’s card for the Pals Paper Arts challenge PPA300 , I am using the Going Wild DSP paper on Whisper White cardstock. The Whisper white cardstock in the middle was embossed using the Scallops Embossing folder (sorry retired, but you could use one that you have on hand) I stamped the sentiment with Basic black and hand made […]

Butterfly Basics

Hi Stampers, Today I needed a sympathy card, and thought I had some stashed away but didn’t. So I got to use 2 of the new In Colors for 2016-18. Flirty Flamingo and Sweet Sugarplum. I like the colors better now that I see them in real life. The Flirty Flamingo is so soft looking. I stamped my fern with […]